Men and women are different. When women are lost in thought, they’re probably thinking about relationships.
When men are thinking about something, perhaps women think we’re dissecting some relationship or something, but typically we’re just thinking about how to plan for or accomplish some task on our mental to-do list.
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Wha? Wha? What? All I’m thinking about is what’s on TV later that evening, and what I’m gonna have for dinner- Well ok, I think about smurfs too, and maybe ice cream, but not much more than that- no sense risking a brain ache
Classic routine from Bill Engval....
I was at the gym the other day working out with my buddy. My buddy Joey. And he goes “hey, man, I’m getting a divorce.”
I said “Wow, that sucks. Can you spot me?”
That was our whole conversation! So then I go home to my wife, and I say “Hey, Joey is getting a divorce.”
She goes “Oh, my God! What happened?”
“I dunno.”
“What do you mean you don’t know? Is she cheating on him, is he cheating on her?”
“Again, I’m not holding anything back here, I don’t know!”
She goes “Bill, someone tells you they’re getting a divorce and you don’t ask any questions?”
And I go “Well, that’s because he didn’t ask me a question! He didn’t say ‘hey Bill, what do you think about me getting a divorce?’, he said, ‘I’m getting a divorce’, which said to me, ‘I require no further input on your part.’”
If he had said ‘What do you think about me getting a divorce?’, I’d have said, ‘Well, you’re gonna be dating again, so you should work on your abs’.
I'm usually thinking "man I really got to go to the bathroom but I just don't feel like getting up. Wish I could send someone else. I think I can hold it in a while longer." Or something equally profound.